New England Historic Genealogical Society
Databases

MrSID Plugin

For better viewing of images in this database you should download and install the ExpressView browser plug-in by LizardTech. To download a new version that supports the MAC OS X please click here.

MrSID Printing
The best method to print an image from the Mass VR to 1910 DB is to save the image in a MrSID format to your PC. This can take a minute or two, most of the MrSID images are 3MB in size or larger. You will need to add the .SID file extension to the downloaded image.

Once the image is saved (in the MrSID format on your harddrive) you can open the file by double clicking on it and viewing from within Internet Explorer or with the LizardTech Express View program on a MAC OS.

For the best manipulation and printing options we suggest downloading and install XnView. You will want to download XnView v1.95.4 Complete, this version contains the plug-ins and addons to open MrSID files (files with the .SID extension). Please note that XnView currently only supports Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP/Vista, XnView is not compatible with MAC OS X.

MrSID re-install - Experiencing Problems with MrSID
If you are experiencing problems viewing images from the Mass VR to 1910 database, we suggest that you un-install your current version of the MrSID plug-in, restart your PC and download the most recent MrSID plug-in.